I have been working with Web technologies since 1992. I have co-founded two browser companies, Opera Software and Vivaldi Technologies. I was CEO at Opera and I am CEO at Vivaldi. I am a strong proponent of open standards. I believe in building feature rich products that can be adapted to the needs of users without collecting information about usage. I believe no company has the right to profile their users.
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Last Notes npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner If you are using Facebook Messenger, you might want to read this (in Norwegian). Training AI on our private messages? Seriously? #Facebook #Meta #AI #Spyware #Technology https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/wglKnn/meta-tar-naa-i-bruk-private-samtaler-til-sin-ai npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner A lot of polishing in the new Vivaldi 7.5. Our goal is to make a browser that is powerful, personal and private. We continue our efforts there. I hope you enjoy it! #Windows #Macos #Linux #Computer #Technology #Eu #Europa #Norway #Iceland https://vivaldi.com/press/releases/vivaldi-7-5-color-clarity-and-control/ npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Great little video by John Oliver about AI. One thing he did not get, however, is that also the comments are likely AI generated... Now you can have a discussion about the usefulness of AI for all kinds of stuff, but to me is is disgusting that Meta is deciding to feed their users this stuff. When it comes to social media, I would think that most people are interested in what their friends have to say or what people they follow have to say. AI generated content is not that. #AI #Technology #Politics #Meta #Facebook #JohnOliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Really interesting podcast with our own @nprofile…ru80 and Andy Yen of Proton. #Vivaldi #Proton #Privacy #EU #Europa #Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlCMGxLQ38&list=PL72e6dBabYNUluI-D22vWhe_8Vu0qD3Zj&index=1 npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner If you think it is time to move away from your Outlook mail account, this is the best way to do so, IMHO: 1. Set up a mail client. By using a mail client, you can work with multiple mail accounts and gradually move your communication from one account to another, while retaining your mail history locally. Personally I use Vivaldi this way, but there are other mail clients as well. 2. Select a new mail service. Good choices include Proton Mail and Fastmail. 3. Enjoy! #Mail #Outlook #Microsoft #Windows npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I know a lot of you use @nprofile…x9jw and would like to help us grow. Here are a few things you can do to help us. Thank you for your support! 1. Recommend @nprofile…x9jw to your friends. Help them install and setup. Show them the features you think they would most like. 2. Follow @nprofile…x9jw here and on other social networks you frequent. 3. Boost articles by @nprofile…x9jw which have a broader appeal here and on other social networks. 4. Invite your friends to join Vivaldi Social. Support the Fediverse. 5. Donate. Many of you asked for it and now you can. Right now there are so many that are disgusted with Big Tech. They just need to be reminded that there are alternatives. Have a great weekend! #Vivaldi npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…pkrl @nprofile…x9jw The Mozilla project came out of Netscape. Netscape in many ways came out of NTSC, where the original Mosaic browser was made by Marc Andreessen. Now, unlike Mozilla, we do not get a big paycheck from Google. We get nothing, but we use the Chromium codebase. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…pkrl @nprofile…x9jw I have led a team building a browser engine. The only team that has done that successfully the last 30 years or so. It is not trivial, which is why Apple, Google, Microsoft and others did not do it. BTW, Chromium is based on Webkit, that is based on KHTML. The project was built in the same building as Opera in Oslo. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…pkrl @nprofile…x9jw Every browser out there uses a browser engine as base that they did not write them selves from scratch. The exception was Opera, when I was CEO there, but now they use Chromium as well. A browser is more than the engine. There is a lot of UI around it and that is what the user engages with. We also change the engine a lot, with more than 2000 files modified. We also add a mail client, calendar, feed reader and a lot more. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner So far this year we have seen nice growth in many European countries. We have doubled our userbase in Norway and Denmark, to name two. More and more are looking for alternatives to Big Tech and we are happy to provide that alternative when it comes to browsers. We also provide a mail client, calendar and RSS reader on Windows, Mac and Linux. If you have already switched to @nprofile…x9jw, please invite your friends. https://vivaldi.com #Norway #Denmark #Greenland #Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #iOS #Apple #Google #Microsoft #EU #Europa npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner All the cool cars get Vivaldi! This is a great example, spotted at Oslo Airport. When you have cars like this, why would anyone get a Tesla? I have been driving EVs now for the last 5 years and they are generally more fun and less hassle. #ElonMusk #Tesla #EV #Renault #Vivaldi #GlobalWarming https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/114/483/241/509/078/550/original/3bcbdf84eeed3967.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner So if you thought that surveillance based ads couldn't get any worse... Meta: Hold my beer! #Facebook #Meta #surveillance #AI #LLM #Ads https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/mark-zuckerbergs-ai-ad-tool-sounds-like-a-social-media-nightmare/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I believe we are all vulnerable to misinformation. The first group was really people on Facebook and in particular men over 50. I also do not think that Google is a reliable source for information and even less with more AI use. The most reliable source of information may depend on your country. In the Nordics, I would trust the government and government media, but I also understand that that can be an unreliable source in many countries. Then you are left with the more mainstream media, again depending on your country. What clearly does not work is algorithmic content selection. I think we should know that by now. This is one of the reason why we include an RSS reader in Vivaldi. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/23/gen-z-media-tiktok-misinformation-00287561 #Politics #AI #Misinformation npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that the damage from indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/ #Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner So the solution to AI scams are... more AI. We have all seen the increase in AI generated scams. The solution to that is more AI? Maybe the reason more ads are being blocked is that there is actually just a lot more scams due to AI making it easier to make? I still believe that the move from contextual ads to surveillance based ads was and is a massive mistake and the way to fix that is to ban surveillance based ads. Contextual ads were also a lot more manual, most of the time, meaning scams were harder. Time to learn from mistakes and get rid of surveillance based ads? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/google-used-ai-to-block-three-times-more-fraudulent-advertisers-in-2024/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #AI #Scam #surveillance npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner So why is Microsoft insisting on pushing out a feature it is very clear users just do not want? What is the point of it? It just does not make any sense. Recall makes no sense. It is one of rather many functions that Microsoft wants to force people into using. Personally I also do not want Copilot on my computer and the idea that there can be a key on my keyboard that I can press that will enable by mistake it is not what I would think most people want. I believe that there should be a very clear line between what is on your computer and what is in the cloud. Forcing people to log into a Microsoft online account to use their computer is crazy. Having people mistakenly enabling OneDrive is another disaster. I guess this is all a great opportunity for Linux. #Microsoft #Spyware #Recall #Windows #Linux #Computer https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3xjrj7v78o npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…8gza Vivaldi has no external investors. It is owned by the employees. I am the largest shareholder. The reason for this is what happened at Opera, where I disagreed with large investors about where to take the company. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner In case you forgot about Microsoft Recall, it looks like it will reappear in your Copilot+ computer soon running Windows 11. I am sure you are all thrilled with the idea of a screenshot being taken of your screen every 3 seconds, right? https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #Microsoft #Copilot #Recall #Spyware #Computer #Technology npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Unlike most others, we have made certain choices at Vivaldi that IMHO are important in this time and age. We believe the choices were important when we made them, but even more so today. Our servers are in Iceland and they are our servers and not some cloud servers. We use them for all Vivaldi services, including things like Sync, Blogs, Forums and Vivaldi Social. Electricity in Iceland is green. Most all of the power in use is hydro, with a little bit of geo thermal. We do make use of CDNs for speed, etc., of course. #Vivaldi #GlobalWarming #EU #Europa #Iceland #Browser #Politics npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner We doubled our user base in Norway last month. It is clear that more and more users are seeking alternatives to Big Tech. We welcome you all and others that want to join us! #Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #BigTech #EU #Europa #Politics #Norway https://vivaldi.com npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner 31 years ago, Geir Ivarsøy and I started working on the Opera browser. A year later we founded Opera Software. At Opera we wrote all our own code from scratch. In 2011 I left Opera due to disagreement with investors about the direction Opera was heading. Two years later, I co-founded Vivaldi to build a browser for you. So I have been building browsers for 31 years. I think I know what it takes to build a browser. Our Vivaldi team is for the most part in Norway and Iceland with a few people distributed around Europe and a couple of business people in the US. Vivaldi is available for your computer and your phone, unless you have a very specific setup. Vivaldi might even be available for your car as well. We go out of our way to provide you with a browser that matches your needs. I hope you like it. #Vivaldi #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Computer #Mobile npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Tesla sales are down. What a surprise... I have never been a fan of Teslas. I am a fan of EVs, however, and there is just a lot of quality vehicles out there and most of them have a dashboard, which IMHO should be a requirement, as well as normal placement of things like turn signal controls and window wiper controls. I know some of you just dislike cars in general and I respect that. I love walking and biking as well, but sometimes I need to drive and then I prefer EVs. #Tesla #ElonMusk #Politics #EV #automotive #Cars #News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zp3z1p3o npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Another volcanic outbreak near Grindavík in Iceland. This is the 11th in the last few years on Reykjanes. Luckily it looks like it has calmed down already and I hope it stays calm. There was lava quite close to town this time. https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-04-01-gosid-a-einni-minutu-440523 #Grindavik #Iceland #volcano #News npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I have been trying to make the point that when we give up our privacy, we give up our security for a long time. This is an article and short video from 2017. I could have made the same statements today. I think many more are seeing the same. I know most of you here do. #Vivaldi #Browser #Politics #internet #Web #Privacy https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-at-oslo-freedom-forum/ npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Vivaldi is right now the most popular mobile app in Norway as people seek alternatives to Big Tech. I hope you give us a try as well, if you have not already! #Vivaldi #Apple #Android #ios #Browser @nprofile…x9jw https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/114/241/330/422/362/555/original/047d74a82a4131ec.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…zg9t , adding a VPN was one of our most popular request from users. Adding one our selves would be a significant outlay and finding the right partner for a service like that is not easy. Thus we are very happy to have teamed up with Proton. Our focus is on the VPN. You can, of course, use your Proton Mail with Vivaldi, through Proton Bridge. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Vivaldi now has Proton VPN built in our versions for Windows, Mac and Linux. Time to get away from Big Tech! Enjoy! https://vivaldi.com/press/releases/vivaldi-is-partnering-with-proton-vpn-to-help-people-break-free-from-big-tech/ #Windows #Macos #Linux #browser #Vivaldi #Privacy #BigTech #Vivaldi @nprofile…x9jw npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…yqv9 I think there is a lot more to it than that. It is not just about technology. I think we stay with what we know, building a great browser! npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…63l8 I do not see that as an option. The beauty of the Web was that it offered a lot of quality content for free. Initially the model worked quite well, with some limited ads on sites, similar to what you would expect from printed material. It is only when the ad model changed that the problems really began. Before the Web, we were all restricted to a limited set of media. Typically you would subscribe to one newspaper and that was that. We really do not want to go back there, but we are already well on the way, sadly, with walled gardens becoming the norm on a lot of quality media. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner The damage that Big Tech has done to news sites and media should not be underestimated. It used to be that you would buy tech ads on tech media outlets. That was the best way to reach that audience. Now Big Tech makes a profile on you, which notes that you visit tech media sites. That information is then used when selling ads based on your profile. The only real solution is to ban user profiling and go back to context sensitive ads. I think that kind of ads, as long as they are not using popups and the like, would be more acceptable to the public as well. People just do not like being tracked. Who would have thought? https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/google-claims-news-is-worthless-to-its-ad-business-after-test-involving-1-of-search-results-in-eight-eu-markets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads #BigTech #Google #Microsoft #Regulation #surveillance #Technology npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…mypu @nprofile…spxs @nprofile…x9jw Been doing that for years. There is a setting for it, though. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Vivaldi 7.2 is out. Big launch for us. I hope you enjoy it! https://vivaldi.com/press/releases/vivaldi-7-2-speedy-smart-and-built-for-power-users/ #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux @nprofile…x9jw npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner If you needed another reason why LLMs are problematic, read this. The problem is that any popularity algorithm can be manipulated. This is something we have seen with search SEO, with social media algorithms and now with LLMs. People will try to manipulate these algorithms for marketing reasons and sadly for more nefarious reasons. For me, the first step of any solution is to ban user profiling. https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global #AI #Politics #SocialMedia npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…nq5q , not yet. We did announce that we are working with the VW Group, but so far we are only available in Audi and Porsche. Others should follow. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…q3us @nprofile…x9jw To be frank, I believe it is just a question of time. Vivaldi is already available in models from Polestar, Volvo, Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, Ford, Lincoln and more. Most all vehicles running Android Automotive can run Vivaldi. We are even in some vehicles running Android. You can help by asking them to make us available. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…ldta @nprofile…x9jw Thanks. Glad you like it! npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Nice to see Vivaldi in the Mercedes-Benz CLA. All the cool cars get Vivaldi. https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g64124634/2026-mercedes-benz-cla-class-ev-interior-gallery/ #Vivaldi #browser #Mercedes #Cars #Technology @nprofile…x9jw #automotive npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…zfx8 @nprofile…x9jw You might want to check if you have the latest release. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…23el @nprofile…x9jw Indeed. Microsoft does not want you to try other browsers or set them default. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…jj6y , our focus is on expanding the capabilities of our own ad blocker. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner We are seeing more and more people heading our way. It is a response to people being fed up with Big Tech and their role in current affairs. Have you made the switch yet? Are you ready to make it? Have you told your friends? https://vivaldi.com #Vivaldi #BigTech #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Politics @nprofile…x9jw npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…7687 @nprofile…x9jw No. Having built a browser engine before, we know that is not a small task. Compatibility is also a massive issue. If sites do not work, people will not use the browser. Sites may even not work because they are being blocked. The risk of doing such a project is just huge. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…xejd @nprofile…x9jw Not a fork of Opera Presto. Not available to us. Vivaldi is built on top of Chromium, as is Opera today, but that is where the similarities end. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…3lvw @nprofile…x9jw You said it. Tell everybody. Help us spread the word! npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…cfjx @nprofile…x9jw Opera made a number of decisions, after I left, that made no sense to me: 1. They fired all the devs in Norway and most of the team there in general. 2. They dropped Presto. We had spent a lot of time building the best browser engine in the world, but Opera decided to kill it to save costs. They had no idea what they had. 3. They changed the UI to remove all the functionality we used to have, including things like bookmarks. When we entered the market, they started adding features again. 4. They invested in ad companies instead. 5. They worked to sell the company and finally they sold it to a Chinese consortium, but that is much later. There is a reason why Vivaldi has no external investors. We want to stay on the straight and narrow. We want to be a positive force on the Web and in the World. When we started making Vivaldi, we felt we were making a browser for our friends and that is still what we feel. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner To all of you that are joining us at @nprofile…x9jw , I would like to welcome you. We know that many are looking for options away from Big Tech and we are happy many of you are choosing us. We have been building browsers for a long time now. Many of us were at Opera. I co-founded Opera in 1995. As Opera drifted in a bad direction, I co-founded Vivaldi to provide a real alternative to Big Tech and I believe we can play a very important role moving forward. Thanks for your support! #Vivaldi #BigTech #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ioS npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…eh6j @nprofile…56hp AT&T. I wish I could use my Icelandic provider, Hringdu, instead, but that is not an option. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…56hp , I now use a mobile service. That was not an option at the time, but coverage has improved. Speed is higher and price is lower as well, so really happy with the change, besides not paying to Elon Musk anymore. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I used to have Starlink at my cabin. At the time I got it, there was not a lot of other options. This is before Elon went fully rogue. I cancelled my Starlink subscription last year and I am happier with my decision every day. I never have had a Tesla and I never will. #Starlink #Tesla #ElonMusk #Politics #Vivaldi #Mastodon #fediverse npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Last afternoon I was listening to Bloomberg radio and I heard the IBM CEO talk about the greatness of AI. As part of that he proudly proclaimed that they had replaced 600 HR workers with an AI bot. Personally, I hate having to deal with bots. There is far too much of them. I do not know many that prefer to deal with bots either. HR is to me an important function. A big part of the function, to me, is to care for employees. Replacing that function with bots is a sign to me that you just do not care. #AI #IBM #Politics #LLM #Technology #Vivaldi npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…49nt Please write a bug report and we will have it on our list. Also note, however, that we have a lot of functionality related to bookmarks and you might just find we have other things that outweigh any issues you are having, once you learn how to use that. That being said, I am always looking at ways to improve Vivaldi, so please report what you need in our bug tracking system. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…49nt I am trying to understand your issue. Could you report a bug, so we can look into it? We have a fairly extensive bookmarking system, which includes a description, which can be used for tags. We also prioritize bookmarks in the URL field, although that can be customized. We will continue to work on our bookmarking system as bookmarks are quite important to our users. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…fq2r , it is part of the new Copilot + machines. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner To Recall or not to Recall? I asked you whether you would like to use Microsoft Recall and 96% said no. 4% said yes, but a couple of you said you did that by mistake. When Microsoft first introduced Recall, it was on by default. Then they turned it off, because people were appalled. Not sure what they do now. #Windows #Macos #Linux #Microsoft #Computers #Technology #AI npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner For context : What I wrote about Crypto currencies 3 years ago: https://vivaldi.com/blog/why-vivaldi-will-never-create-thinkcoin/ npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Crypto was a scam and it still is. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0jgggd7r4o #Crypto #Scam #Politics #Technology npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…xh7m @nprofile…rm9h @nprofile…x9jw Obviously I believe Vivaldi is a better choice, but in earnest, the only way to find out is to try it. You can start by having a look at our Webpage, where there is a lot of details as to what sets Vivaldi apart: https://vivaldi.com/desktop/ https://vivaldi.com/android/ https://vivaldi.com/ios/ https://vivaldi.com/android/automotive/ Or if you like, you can read about some of the things we stand for: https://vivaldi.com/for-a-better-web/ npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…elq5 @nprofile…x9jw Vivaldi should not be asking you twice for confirmation. If that happens, there is a bug. In fact, the one dialog can be turned off. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…69wq @nprofile…x9jw As I said, there are clearly barriers for people to switch from Big Tech. The question is whether you will and whether you will help others do the same. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…g3gc @nprofile…x9jw Please report issues. Clearly our goal is to be great on accessibility, but I know we can do better, in particular with screen readers. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…fr7x @nprofile…x9jw We do our best to avoid the use of Google infrastructure. We do make use of some Google services, such as phishing and malware protection, but we have our own Sync service and at the latest count we change 2000 Chromium files, while most of our work is then on top of Chromium using our own code. We do not have a business relationship with Google. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Switching from Big Tech is not always easy. You get used to their ways and they make it hard to switch. Are you ready to make the switch? Are you ready to help your friends make the switch? There are alternatives. One of them is @nprofile…x9jw, the browser company I co-founded in 2012. I invite you to join us. https://vivaldi.com npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…qd4r What we have done so far is to include Vivaldi Social, our Mastodon instance, as a panel and make it really easy for anyone that has made a Vivaldi account, also used for things like Sync, to set up a Vivaldi Social account. Any Mastodon instance can be added as a panel as well. We continue to look at other ways we can support Mastodon and the Fediverse as a whole. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner We at Vivaldi are the only browser company with a Mastodon server. We have chosen to support the Fediverse in every way we can. We will continue to do so as we need options away from Big Tech. https://social.vivaldi.net/ #Vivaldi @nprofile…x9jw #Mastodon #fediverse npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I asked you whether it mattered to you where your browser company is located and where your browser is made. 83% said it mattered. 17% said it did not. #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Politics. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/114/047/713/125/201/824/original/f92f5daf71527440.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…jde6 To be frank, I think the most important thing we do is to try to inform people about the dangers and fight for regulation. We have brought this matter up multiple times with authorities. We also include a built in tracker and ad blocker, but as I see this as more of a society problem, I really think regulation is the way forward. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner For some time I have argued that we should ban the user profiling that leads to personalized ads as well as content algorithms. There is no reason Big Tech should use our data this way and it must be getting clear to people that the damage is substantial. #Vivaldi #Politics #Mastodon #Facebook #Meta #Twitter #X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2XLD0QRTbI npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…cddg @nprofile…x9jw Not as yet. You can run Vivaldi, but no calendar at this time. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner One of the many features we have in @nprofile…x9jw is the Calendar. We had some important requirements when we made it: 1. Flexibility in display. So many calendars cut a lot of information. We want everything you want to be visible to be visible. 2. Inline editing option. Means you can see everything else while adding or editing an event. 3. Easy to use with the keyboard. 4. Both offline and online accounts. Means you can choose whether events are stored in the cloud or just locally on your computer. If you have not tried it, give it a try. Available on Windows, Mac and Linux. Bonus : Makes it easier to move away from Big Tech. #Windows #macos #Linux #browser #Mail #Calendar #Vivaldi https://vivaldi.com/features/calendar/ npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Big Tech threatening countries that want to regulate them in this way is just not OK. We have as a company engaged with regulators over the years and I have the utmost respect for their integrity and courage. #Meta #Facebook #Mastodon #fediverse #Politics #Vivaldi https://gizmodo.com/meta-says-itll-tattle-to-trump-if-eu-keeps-being-mean-2000564638?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…mxvx , I really just think that building massive profiles on users should be banned. This should not be about money. This should be about what is reasonable to do. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I continue to believe that Big Tech goes too far when it comes to data collection. IMHO there is not enough reason for users to be profiled. Without user profiling, we can get rid of special ads and content for you my friend. I am not against ads. IMHO they should just be context sensitive and not based on user profiling. https://banspying.org #Vivaldi #browser #BigTech npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner If you are looking to move away from your Big Tech browser, maybe it is time to give Vivaldi a try? A few things worth mentioning: 1. Workspaces and tab stacks. 2. Tab tiles. 3. Vivaldi Social, Mastodon server. 4. Encrypted sync. 5. Built in tracker and ad blocker. 6. No crypto built in. 7. No AI built in. Vivaldi is made in Norway and Iceland and our servers are hosted in Iceland. https://vivaldi.com #Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #iOS @nprofile…x9jw npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Everybody HATES Tesla. That is what the numbers show us. I asked if you would buy a Tesla if you were to buy a car and 98% said no. Many of you added some expletives to that. I guess this also shows us that the Fediverse is unique. #Tesla #EV #Cars #fediverse #Mastodon #Politics https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/959/312/044/168/398/original/335ef35b319630bd.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner The Fediverse is unique. I asked you whether you had switched from Big Tech. This is what you answered. 69% Switched a long time ago. 13% Just switched. 15% Are about to switch. 3% Do not want to switch and love Big Tech. I guess this makes sense. You are here. Now, please help you friends and family switch. For their sake, but also for all of us. The world is better with them joining us. Have a wonderful day! #fediverse #Mastodon #Windows #macos #Linux #Android #ios #Twitter #X #Facebook #BigTech #Politics https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/959/285/856/994/000/original/3fc94212073d1f98.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…4czr There are a number of good choices out there. Startpage, Ecosia and Qwant come to mind. Mojeek and Kagi as well. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Facebook promises even more misinformation and hate speech. My Facebook feed was already full of it, so it is impressive that they believe they can make it worse. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/meta-censorship-moderation/index.html #Facebook #Meta #Threads #Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Zuckerberg npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas holiday with your friends and family. Stay healthy and happy! #Christmas #Holiday #Vivaldi npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…zvqh @nprofile…x9jw Remember that a lot of people look to us for guidance, so we can help shape the world. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner The Fediverse is unique. My survey asked what your favorite search engine is. 51% said DuckDuckGo, 12% Startpage, 9% Ecosia and 4% Qwant. Only 6% said Google and 1% Bing. 17% said they preferred another search engine, with many mentioning Kagi and Mojeek. This is quite different from what the market share out there is, which shows how unique you all are here in the Fediverse. You make your own choices and do not follow everyone else. Be proud. #fediverse #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #iOS #Computer #mobile #search #BigTech #Vivaldi @nprofile…x9jw #Mastodon #Google #Microsoft #DuckDuckGo #StartPage #Ecosia #Bing #Qwant https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/663/708/861/573/521/original/41fbfd7e7f001286.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…6hxw Thank you for you kind words. We will have to look at that issue you mention. Feel free to report a bug. It makes it easier for us to resolve. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…k8d3 We are working on it. It has been working fine for years, but clearly we now have a problem, but we are working on resolving it. Just takes time. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner iOS 18.2 is out! As part of the release, you should be seeing a choice screen in Europe. I hope you will be making Vivaldi your default browser from now on, if it is not already! The way Apple have implemented this, you will only see the choice screen when starting Safari and only when Safari is the default. I hope the rest of the world will be given the same choice soon. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Nobody can claim that we do not love adding features at Vivaldi. There is a lot of them. Some things, however, we have chosen to ignore. Here is one example: https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/vivaldi-wont-allow-a-machine-to-lie-to-you/ #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Computer npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner I am no longer active on X, but I check my notifications, in case someone sent me a message. Instead there are some crazy people there in my notification. These are not people I follow. Be happy you are here! #Mastodon #fediverse #X #Twitter #ElonMusk #Misinformation #HateSpeech https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/635/982/416/317/832/original/85dc7c5952e0ecae.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…gypx @nprofile…x9jw It is possible to do multiple things at the same time. Particularly when the actual work on the games is done by Porcelain Fortress. I engaged with them a fair bit, because I enjoy their games, but Vivaldi programmers did not, except for playing the games them selves. We continue to improve the Vivaldi ad blocker and we continue improving all other elements of Vivaldi. We love doing that, but personally I also enjoy those games a lot. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner We have built not one, but two games for Vivaldi users. We teamed up with Porcelain Fortress to do so. I am a fan of simple, but fun arcade games and that is what we built. The games are free to play without ads. Have you tried the games yet? Did you like them? Something relaxing to do for the weekend? https://vivaldi.com/game/ #Vivaldi #browser #Vivaldia #gaming #Arcade #Windows #Macos #Linux @nprofile…x9jw npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…cheu @nprofile…x9jw , you can, of course, use command chains. That means you can make custom mouse gestures, that perform custom command chains. Pretty powerful stuff this. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…2jvj , indeed. I agree. It has gotten a lot worse. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…6kjh We have to keep pushing. Clearly they should have be learning something on the way. It is not only Facebook and Twitter. There is a lot of other social media companies that are no longer there. It is best to invest in your own, interconnected site. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner When I talk about the importance of going all in on the Fediverse, I speak based on experience. At Opera we built a massive user community. When I quit, we had something like 35 million registered users and 35 million monthly visitors. The new Opera management did not see the value of that. They believed it was cheaper and better to just use Facebook and that investing in your own community was a waste of money. So they closed down MyOpera and built a following on Facebook and Twitter instead. Then they got caught by the bait and switch when Facebook changed and you would no longer reach your audience, without paying. Later on Twitter changed as well. This is important to explain to companies and institutions as they go shopping for social media sites to invest in. The best investment is clearly in your own site, being part of the Fediverse. It is not even all that expensive to do. It may take longer to build, but at least it is your own. Not saying you cannot build a following on those other sites, but your long term strategy should be the Fediverse with your own server. We try to lead the way here and thus we build Vivaldi Social. Not just for our selves, but to make a point and support the Fediverse. #fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads #BlueSky #Vivaldi npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Did you know that if you download Vivaldi and sign into Vivaldi, you can use the same login to log into Vivaldi Social and thus Mastodon? The Vivaldi login is used for things like sync, but also the forum and blogging service. Sync has an extra encryption password. What this means is that for anyone using Vivaldi, getting into Mastodon is really, really easy. #Mastodon #fediverse #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Another volcanic outbreak in Iceland. This time the the lava flow entered the parking lot of the Blue Lagoon. What is really impressive is how they have managed to control the lava flow through walls and cooling. The damage would have been a lot more extensive if they had not done that. Also in the town of Grindavík that was once again evacuated. Very spectacular to watch, but would be nice with a longer break soon. #Iceland #volcano #Grindavik #Lava https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/538/554/296/565/932/original/56fe13a3c1d38a35.png npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…sffv I think it is always prudent to be careful with your choice of software. On the other hand, if you know that the browser you use is collecting your data, maybe it is OK to look at alternatives? Overall I think competition is a good thing. It brings progress. Think about how the browser market would be if the only choice was IE/Edge? npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…trzm , Overall I feel I have a lot more quality interactions here. I think there are many reasons for that. Part of that is the lack of algorithmic feeds. Just seeing who you follow and what you look for makes a big difference. It is also clear that the crowd that has moved over here is more technical. It all reminds me of the early days of the Web. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner @nprofile…y2tq Thanks. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner The first software I built was Fm2HTML, that took FrameMaker documents and converted them to HTML. This is the early days of the Web. The conversion was for multi-file documents, which included links, images, tables, indexes and more. The structure of the original document was preserved, as was a lot of the formatting. FrameMaker was widely used in the research community at the time. It was a very powerful tool for writing books and longer documents. https://www.w3.org/Tools/fm2html.htm #Web #internet #History #software #Research npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner If you want to contribute to Vivaldi, you can do that in a number of ways: 1. Share with your friends. Help us grow. 2. Utilize the included search partners, with which we have deals. Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Ecosia and Yahoo. We do not have deals with Microsoft and Google, unlike our competitors. 3. Use our included bookmarks and direct match partners. 4. Donate. We are fighting with Big Tech and they want us gone. You can make a difference. #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner Seems like there is a lot of no ones in here. 😀 In reality there are a lot of people using Linux. Clearly this poll shows that, but also other statistics and I am not considering Android Linux, even though it runs on top of it. npub1wevkujhv0lecqzwqkgxynjqrx8le9nw4s56an7pmsfxs02f236yqsmqaw3 Jon S. von Tetzchner At @npub15c0…hxke , we make browsers. Powerful browsers, with more functionality than others, but still browsers. What we are not is: 1. An OS company. 2. A search company. 3. An ad company. 4. An AI company. None of our major competitors can really say the same. We focus on doing one thing really well. If you like that, give us a try! If you are already with us, please share with your friends! #Vivaldi #Windows #Mac #Linux #Android #Ios #AI